TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE 1st LABOUR ARMY

Written:Written on January 23, 1920Published:First published in 1959 inLenin Miscellany XXXVI.

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Revolutionary Council of Labour Army 1, copy toYermakov,Uposkom,[1]Ekaterinburg

Inreply to Yermakov’s telegram No. 25 concerning the
existence of a huge number of all kinds of commissions,
organisations and authorised agents engaged in organising
fuel procurement—of military commissions alone there are
as many as twelve plus the Ekaterinburg military district
commission, the Ufa front-line commission, etc., newly set
up by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the
Republic—the Council of Defence decided: to instruct the
Revolutionary Council of the Labour Army to settle the
questions raised in the telegram in a way which will restore
the greatest possible unity and co-ordination in the work
of cutting, sawing, transporting and floating firewood, with
the gubleskom and
zheleskom[2]retaining the leading
role.[4]

Reportdecisions and measures
adopted.[3]

LeninChairman, Council of Defence

[1]Authorisedagent of the Special Committee of the Council of
Defence for introducing martial law on the railways and promoting
fuel supplies.—Ed.

[2]Gubleskomand zheleskom—Gubernia Timber Committee and
Railway Timber Committee.—Ed.

[3]Thelast sentence is in Lenin’s handwriting.—Ed.

[4]Thequestions raised in Yermakov’s telegram were discussed in
the Council of Defence on January 16 and 23, 1920. The decision
quoted by Lenin was adopted by the Council on January 23.